The National Science Foundation has awarded Georgia State’s Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Research Group (EBCS) nearly $300,000 for a pilot program to teach students advanced cybersecurity research skills and match them with CISOs, with whom they will test tools to improve organizations’ security.
Get to know James Carder, CSO at LogRhythm, who has more than 19 years of experience working in corporate IT security and consulting for the Fortune 500 and U.S. Government. At LogRhythm, he develops and maintains the company’s security governance model and risk strategies; protects the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information assets; and oversees both threat and vulnerability management as well as the security operations center (SOC). Carder previously led criminal and national security related investigations at the city, state and federal levels, including those involving the theft of credit card information and Advanced Persistent Threats (APT).
Cloud data protection and management company Druva has named Andrew Daniels as its new chief information officer (CIO) and chief information security officer (CISO).
CISOs who can reduce or close their critical skills gaps have the highest probability of minimizing the business impact of cyberattacks – even when budgets and staffing are constrained, says a new SANS Institute survey, "Closing the Critical Skills Gap for Modern and Effective Security Operations Centers (SOCs),
Get to know Chris Kennedy, CISO at AttackIQ, who previously lead the initial development of the US Marine Corps’ global incident response organization. He also held various roles in defense contracting including delivering the US Department of Treasury’s Cybersecurity Operations program, driving cybersecurity R&D, and products and services, and M&A, and most recently helped Bridgewater Associates secure their enterprise.
Park Place Technologies, a global IT leader focused on optimizing data centers and IT infrastructure, announced that John Parlee has joined the company as Chief Information Security Officer.
Qualys, Inc., a provider of disruptive cloud-based IT, security and compliance solutions, announced the appointment of Ben Carr as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
Cred, a blockchain-based financial services platform, announced Bethany De Lude will take over all security operations as Chief Information Security Officer.
